The Bush administration's senior weapons inspector said in a report released last night that it was ''unlikely'' that Saddam Hussein's forces moved weapons to Syria, though he expressed concern about nuclear-related equipment that was apparently...

By ROBERT F. WORTH and EDWARD WONG; Robert F. Worth reported from Falluja for this article and Edward Wong from Baghdad. Dexter Filkins contributed reporting from Falluja, Iraqi employees of The New York Times from Baghdad and Mosul, and Eric Schmitt from Washington

Also, insurgents kidnapped three relatives of the Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, from their home in Baghdad.

To the Editor: Re ''Duelfer to France: J'accuse!'' (column, Oct. 13): William Safire reports that I and my colleague, the French ambassador to the United Nations, have reacted strongly to allegations in the Duelfer report on relations between...

To the Editor: William Safire joins the chorus of Bush apologists intent on putting up a smokescreen to obscure the findings of Charles A. Duelfer, the chief American weapons inspector in Iraq (''Duelfer to France: J'accuse!,'' column, Oct. 13).